25 May 2021

Bath-based Truespeed has connected family farm and dairy business Yeo Valley to its full fibre broadband service.

The business, operating from multiple rural locations in the south-west, now benefits from gigabit-capable connectivity at six sites including its dairy farms, headquarters, and the garden tearoom which is open to visitors to its organic garden. Another four sites are due to come on stream over the next few months.

With a dedicated Truespeed fibre-optic connection to the remote locations, Yeo Valley no longer has to rely on slow, unreliable copper (ADSL) phone lines for its broadband needs. The much-loved organic dairy brand now has guaranteed symmetrical upload/download speeds of 250Mbps and the reliability and bandwidth required to run a modern business.

The Truespeed network provides the full fibre connectivity needed by staff to remotely monitor and manage milk production and feeds at the dairy farms, enjoy glitch-free video meetings, and run massive data backups in a timely fashion. Plus visitors to the Yeo Valley Organic Garden and adjoining tearoom now benefit from better internet connectivity while admiring the flowers and sampling the cakes. The ultra-fast, ultra-reliable Truespeed service has also made it possible for the first time to set up a Wide Area Network (WAN) and connect the six Local Area Networks (LANs) for more streamlined IT operations.

Future plans include connecting new CCTV cameras at the two farms to the Truespeed network to allow the monitoring of livestock , and providing ultra-fast internet access to members of the public attending the Yeo Valley Organic Garden.